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I was talking to Laura Eve today about being a female. I don't remember how we got on the topic, but we both decided that we were very happy to be female, and that we felt very full of femaleness, that we were comfortable in our femaleness, that being female was something that we not only liked about ourselves, but made us feel deeply connected to each other and to other women in a way that it is hard (although not impossible) to connect to men. But that we didn't like to say that we were feminine, because of all the connotations that went with that statement - feminine is pink-wearing (yes, I know I am wearing pink today) and docile. Or something. Feminine, whether or not it is something that I am, is not something that I want to be.
And then I was talking to Jill, about many things, and excited for the very female experience of rosh chodesh, which glorifies womanhood and makes me proud and comfortable to be myself. And at home. And peaceful somehow.
And, you know, that there were the two of us and a male at Rosh Chodesh didn't detract from the experience at all. Yes, it was different. It lost the sort of Red Tent feel that it often has, even though we, as usual, discussed menstruation (sorry Daniel). But whether or not it was all female, it was still time devoted to femaleness. And that is all it takes really, to create something that at least I think is absolutely beautiful and rejuvinating, and I am so glad that we do it every month.
Right.
And now to my reading, which I neeed need neeeed to get done.
As a note to all you readers out there (Hi Mommy! Hi Grandpa!) I am well, and happy, and thinking of you.
Laura, I think you have the most beautiful voice in the world. No joke.
And then I was talking to Jill, about many things, and excited for the very female experience of rosh chodesh, which glorifies womanhood and makes me proud and comfortable to be myself. And at home. And peaceful somehow.
And, you know, that there were the two of us and a male at Rosh Chodesh didn't detract from the experience at all. Yes, it was different. It lost the sort of Red Tent feel that it often has, even though we, as usual, discussed menstruation (sorry Daniel). But whether or not it was all female, it was still time devoted to femaleness. And that is all it takes really, to create something that at least I think is absolutely beautiful and rejuvinating, and I am so glad that we do it every month.
Right.
And now to my reading, which I neeed need neeeed to get done.
As a note to all you readers out there (Hi Mommy! Hi Grandpa!) I am well, and happy, and thinking of you.
Laura, I think you have the most beautiful voice in the world. No joke.